Farewell Damascus is the first book I have read from the Syrian writer Ghada Samman. In fact, I read a Syrian writer for the first … Read More ›
Tag: Fiction
Transcription was my book club’s choice for this month and after reading this, I thought about leaving the club for good. This has been one … Read More ›
This Book Will Save Your Life was among one of my best friends’ favourite books. She gave it to me as a present many years … Read More ›
Mouthful of Birds is an excellent book of short, unsettling, disturbing and highly thought-provoking stories. This book is my first read from Schweblin, but I’ll … Read More ›
The President’s Hat is a delightful book by Antoine Laurain. This was the only book I took with me on my Paris trip because the … Read More ›
Benice is a children’s book written by Metin Karayaka and it features the very talented artist Rohan Daniel Eason’s illustrations. I found this book by … Read More ›
Bohemian Paris was a book that I’ve bought with great enthusiasm a long time ago. But when I came home and read a few pages, … Read More ›
Françoise Sagan is the only French writer I’ve read in a long time. I have always stayed away from French literature unconsciously. Whenever I take … Read More ›
The Virgin Suicides is the third book I read after Jeffrey Eugenides’ The Marriage Plot and Middlesex. I can happily say that the author doesn’t … Read More ›
Irving Stone’s book “The Agony and the Ecstasy” ended when it was just about to become a habit. I interestingly felt at a loss; seems … Read More ›
Ragtime was written in 1975 and thanks to this book, E.L. Doctorow proves that he has the power to change your mind about how to … Read More ›